Are Public Subsidies to Higher Education Regressive?

Johnson, William R.

doi:10.1162/edfp.2006.1.3.287

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“…Most public expenditures on higher education-which nationally total more than $160 billion per year-occur at the state level in the form of aid to state colleges and universities as well as community colleges that helps keep tuition well below cost (Barrow et al, 2013). Many analyses of these expenditures suggest that these programs are relatively regressive, with the largest benefits being gained by higher-income families that send their children primarily to the flagship schools in state college and university systems (Barrow et al, 2013;Hansen and Weisbrod, 1969;Johnson, 2005).…”

Section: Higher Educationmentioning

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Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults

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Section: Higher Educationmentioning

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“…Earlier influential work includes Hansen and Weisbrod (1969), Pechman (1970) and Blaug (1987). Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, Johnson (2006) analyses the distribution of net subsidies with respect to various definitions of parental income, child income and dynastic income. By each of these metrics, Johnson finds that American higher education subsidies are mildly progressive, with the top decile primarily subsidising the system and all other deciles experiencing positive or only slightly negative transfers.…”

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“…The study we follow most closely is Johnson (2006), which explores the distribution of net higher education subsidies in the United States. Earlier influential work includes Hansen and Weisbrod (1969), Pechman (1970) and Blaug (1987).…”

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The Redistributive Effects of British Subsidies to Higher Education

Mishkin

Straub

2014

Social Policy & Society

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This article examines the distribution of net benefits from subsidies to higher education in the United Kingdom, focusing on the system in place in the mid-1990s. We find the distribution to be regressive with respect to graduate income, with high lifetime earners receiving large net subsidies, while low lifetime earners are net contributors to the system. Our findings are of particular relevance to policymakers in the UK in light of the ongoing debate over tuition fees. However, these results should also be of interest to anyone who studies the socioeconomic implications of higher education.

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“…One of the oft‐stated objects of higher education subsidization is to extend opportunities to middle‐income and lower income households. Alternatively, some have argued that higher education subsidies are regressive (Johnson, ). If these efforts are successful to some degree in either direction, then the level of state higher education subsidization will influence the state's income distribution.…”

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Easy Money: Tax Exporting and State Support for Higher Education

Foster¹,

Fowles²

2014

J Policy Anal Manage

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There is a substantial literature that assesses the effects of tax-exporting capacities on the tax structures and aggregate spending levels that state governments choose to implement, but no work exists that isolates the effects of state tax exporting on higher education spending. Using state-level data for 1989Using state-level data for , 1995Using state-level data for , 2002Using state-level data for , and 2007

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Are Public Subsidies to Higher Education Regressive?

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

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The Redistributive Effects of British Subsidies to Higher Education

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